A Few Words in Defense of Our Country Author: Randy Newman Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on 01/30/2007 I’d like to say a few words In defense of our country Whose people aren’t bad nor are they mean Now the leaders we have While they’re the worst that

This poem was written and delivered in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations.

The author was recently asked how she felt as a Muslim regarding the cartoon issue and was asked to put her religious beliefs aside and expound on it in the context of freedom of speech and civil rights. Following is an excerpt from her email in response.

What Code Orange Effect? Author: Graham Bearden Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on 09/28/2006 What is your support worth? Are we safer now than before the Bush Administration declared its War on Terror? The fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks lit up media channels not but nine

Dr Liepold of peacexpeace responds to the Obama administration's escalation of the war in Afghanistan, arguing that true security in the country will come from development and community empowerment, not from troop surges and weaponry.

Key Words: Nicaragua, Samoza Dictatorship, Latin America, central America, Revolution, Gender Analysis, Violence, Non-Violence

Harold Pinter is the first English playwright to receive the prize, and, indeed, playwrights do not figure as large as might be thought in the hundred years of prize giving.

The Peace and Conflict Monitor digests some of 2011's most relevant events in peace and conflict.